Florida DUI, criminal defense, and personal injury, explained by a forensic lawyer-scientist and former public defender. Celebrity cases, courtroom strategy, and the science behind the evidence, in plain English.

Every post here is written by Rory Safir, one of a handful of ACS-CHAL Forensic Lawyer-Scientists in Florida and a former Assistant Public Defender in Tampa.
About Rory →Every so often a video or a news story out of a care facility goes viral, and families across Florida feel the same cold worry about the person they placed in someone else’s care. Pinellas County has one of the largest older populations in the country and a dense supply...
Florida leads the country in registered vessels and in boating accidents, and the risk peaks in exactly the weeks when the water is most crowded, the summer weekends and the holidays. Around Tampa Bay, the passes and sandbars fill with a mix of jet skis, rental boats, and first time...
Florida is one of the better states in the country to be a dog bite victim, because the law does not give the owner a free pass for the first bite. If a dog bit you, the owner is responsible whether or not the dog had ever shown a mean...
I wrote the book on Florida DUIFree to anyone facing a charge in Tampa Bay. Plain English, nineteen chapters, no law degree required.Get your copy →
Forensic Lawyer-ScientistOne of six attorneys in Florida with the ACS-CHAL designation from the American Chemical Society.What that means for your case →$285,000, Pinellas County: a hotel guest slipped on algae left on a pool deck despite repeated reports, and suffered an ankle fracture, a mild brain injury, and lasting balance problems.
Past results are examples only and do not predict, promise, or guarantee the outcome of any other case.
“When so many others told me to give up, Rory encouraged me to fight for what I deserved. We won, and my outcome would not have been the same without him.”
Ashley W.